inveterate
adjective
Origin of inveterate
Synonyms for inveterate
Related Words for inveterate
incurable, hard-core, habitual, addicted, hardened, lifelong, abiding, accustomed, chronic, confirmed, continuing, customary, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool, enduring, entrenched, fixed, inbred, incorrigibleExamples from the Web for inveterate
Contemporary Examples of inveterate
The most ridiculous character in Pay Any Price may be Dennis Montgomery, who is described as an inveterate gambler and swindler.
An inveterate networker, he managed to get Tennessee Williams as the chief signatory on one letter-writing campaign.
This inveterate list maker also loved minutiae; in his copious account books, he kept track of every cent he ever spent.
It gives the best outcomes to the most inveterate bad actors.
Pouw insists that this anecdote is nothing more than “film-noir fantasy” and that Scarff is a “self-admitted inveterate liar.”
Historical Examples of inveterate
But of all others, they are the most inveterate, which are produced on account of religion.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IIFrancis Augustus Cox
The result was, that he more than recovered his possessions, and died an inveterate miser.
Self-HelpSamuel Smiles
But why then, will you say, are they so inveterate against it?
A Letter to DionBernard Mandeville
Yet his inveterate surliness the rascal could not wholly conquer.
The Shame of MotleyRaphael Sabatini
The lower classes all over the country are inveterate thieves.
Aztec LandMaturin M. Ballou